Professional Development Network

The Rightful Leader - 'Challenging the Notion of Leadership'
12 Aug

The Rightful Leader - 'Challenging the Notion of Leadership'

Being a leader starts with knowing your strengths, recognising your weaknesses and realising leadership is a journey not a destination. A rightful leader has the humility to fail dismally and the courage to admit and learn from mistakes.
Join Shelley as she takes you on her Leadership journey!
Lessons to Learn From
30 Jul

Lessons to Learn From

Tamborine Mountain State High School principal Tracey Brose launched defamation action against five parents for comments made about her on Facebook and a Change.org petition while she was temporarily suspended from her job in 2016.
Tracey will speak about her journey at Mount Tamborine SHS through the Defamation case and reflect on what she would do differently if she had her time again. A lesson we can all draw from.
The New LGBTIQ+ Employee Inclusion Strategy for Education Qld schools
18 Jun

The New LGBTIQ+ Employee Inclusion Strategy for Education Qld schools

This interactive webinar will cover:
Understanding the importance of creating an inclusive culture within the workplace
Knowing the differences and diversity of Sex Characteristics, Gender Identity and Expression and Sexual Orientation
How to be an active ally
OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS:  Possibilities and provocations for learning environments beyond 2020
04 Jun

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: Possibilities and provocations for learning environments beyond 2020

Inspiring opportunities and unsettling challenges often go hand-in-hand. Over the past few months, education has certainly experienced its share of the latter. And yet, in the midst of this profound upheaval, the once-in-a-lifetime possibilities for the profession are tantalising.
PDN VIRTUAL - Free Live Leadership Webinar - 'Crisis Leadership'
13 May

PDN VIRTUAL - Free Live Leadership Webinar - 'Crisis Leadership'

How do we effectively lead through times of uncertainty? As leaders the challenge of a crisis can magnify the systems and processes currently in place and increase the pressure on leaders at all levels in the organisation.
NOW CANCELLED: PDN Education Workshop with Dr Jared Horvath: Foundations of Thinking - Stories + Errors
01 Apr

NOW CANCELLED: PDN Education Workshop with Dr Jared Horvath: Foundations of Thinking - Stories + Errors

How does the brain work to make sense of reality, and what impact does this have on teaching & learning? During this engaging and interactive session, we will explore the often counter-intuitive foundations of thinking, the power of stories to drive perception, the role errors play in comprehension, and consider how these three concepts tie together to drive student learning. Buckle in - here's where things get real!